THE BELT THAT RUNS THE COOLING SYSTEM & ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BROKE AND THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. THE HEAT GAGE WAS NOT WORKING BECAUSE OF THE BELT BEING BROKEN AND THE DRIVER DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. ON ALL OTHER VEHICLES WHEN THE BELT BRAKES THE VECHICLE STOPS RUNNING SHORTLY AFTER BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS DOWN AND YOUR BATTERY RUNS DOWN. WITH THIS MITSUBISHI THE VEHICLE KEEPED RUNNING BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE BATTERIES AND GAVE NO WARNING IT WAS OVERHEATING. THE ONLY WAY THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG WAS SEEING WHITE SMOKE WHEN THEY LOOKED OUT THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE ENGINE COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE A HURT THE PASSENGERS. THIS VEHICLE MADE A 3 YEAR UNLIMTED MILE WARRANTY AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT STAND UP TO IT. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US.
1996 Mitsubishi Fuso FE
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline › belts and associated pulleys. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filings1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.